Timor Green-Pigeon / Treron psittaceus
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Timor Green-Pigeon
SCI Name:
Protonym: Columba Psittacea LesPigeons[Knip] livr.1 p.28 pl.4 ?? diff CWR
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Treron
Taxonomy Code: timgrp1
Type Locality: Timor.
Author: Temminck
Publish Year: 1808
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
TRERON
(Columbidae; Ϯ Thick-billed Green Pigeon T. curvirostra) Gr. τρηρων trērōn, τρηρωνος trērōnos pigeon, dove < τρεω treō to flee in fear; "TRÉRON, Treron. Columba, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec un peu robuste, caréné en dessus, droit à la base, crochu vers le bout. — Ailes longues, pointues. Esp. Columba curvirostra, Gm." (Vieillot 1816); "Treron Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 49. Type, by monotypy, Columba curvirostra Gmelin." (Peters 1937, III, 14).
Var. Theron, Trenon.
Synon. Ancistroa, Butreron, Crocopus, Dendrophaps, Dendrophassa, Osmotreron, Phalacrotreron, Rhamphotreron, Rhombura, Romeris, Sphenocercus, Sphenoena, Sphenotreron, Sphenurus, Toria, Vinago.
psittaceus
Mod. L. psittaceus parrot-like < L. psittacus parrot < Gr. ψιττακος psittakos parrot.
● "The legs are formed for climbing, having two toes before and two behind. ... 1. Psittaceous Scythrops.—Scythrops psittaceus." (Kerr 1792) (syn. Scythrops novaehollandiae).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
